Name: Sleepin' Giantz
Brand: Sleepin' Giantz

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

trucd252

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2012-07-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Sleepin' Giantz

Genre GB

Bass / Breaks

Hip Hop

Label GB

sleepin' giantz (aka zed bias, rodney p and fallacy) release their heavily anticipated self-titled debut album on tru thoughts. true to the genre-crossing musical links being forged across the album, 'sleepin' giantz theme' is a fitting opener, bringing together early '90s boom bap with 2012 production flair; warped bass and looped synthline melodies accompanying the wallop and klack. guest stylings come from mc fox (who featured on the huge zed bias single 'dancing' last year). next up, 'mucky' is a dirty slice of grime which fallacy rides like a rocking horse; then 'badungdeng' kicks in, showcasing zed's unmistakable rhythmic take on house - applying tribal percussion, over thick bassline melodies and a glistening synthline, topped off with the flow of two of the best to ever hold a mic. you'll be chanting 'badungdeng' all year, no doubt, but the lead single is far from being the only out-and-out classic cut here. on 'and the ting went...', three totally different yet complementary verses from rodney, fallacy and btch pls (aka chase and status collaborator jenna g) rub up against a punchy, stripped back dubstep rhythm with high-pitched 808 stabs; the short, sharp, charged up breakbeat garage bomb 'hand grenade' ups the momentum with a driving bassline; giving way to classic garage tune 'raving bully' - with vocal stabs that add to the rhythm, this drops into a proper dusty roller. serious dancefloor business continues on 'draw for tha zee', a slab of deep and dark dubstep, the echoing synthline in the last quarter taking it a notch deeper. 'life' featuring strategy is a pounding hip hop nodder with a neatly dropped sample spreading the song's title through the track like a stick of rock. anthemic house is the order of the day on 'mc pt. 1', an ode to the dancefloor with a bouncy bassline; the closest thing to a commercial dancefloor moment on the album, this one ratchets up the ante. on 'kerosine' a hedonistic tribal garage rhythm joins forces with a melody that nods to '90s rave. the tempo stays up for 'final curtain', with jukey 808 toms and high speed claps, but closure comes care of jenna g's melodic, catchy vocal hooks and the multi-layered atmospherics, winding things up in euphoric style.

Music GB